Blanco Fracture Zone
E73487
The Blanco Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and fracture zone in the northeast Pacific Ocean that offsets and separates segments of the Juan de Fuca and Pacific tectonic plates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blanco Fracture Zone canonical | 5 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fracture zone
ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ transform fault ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cascadia Subduction Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Cascadia subduction zone
Gorda Ridge ⓘ Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ |
| crustType | oceanic crust ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | seafloor spreading offset ⓘ |
| hasFeature | earthquake activity ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | approximately east–west ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
marine geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| hazardType | seismic hazard ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Cascadia Subduction Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Juan de Fuca–Pacific plate boundary system
|
| isUnder | Pacific Ocean seafloor ⓘ |
| linkedTo | regional tectonic deformation in the Cascadia margin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern North Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
northeast Pacific Ocean
|
| locatedOffCoastOf |
Oregon
ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
surface form:
northern California
|
| motionType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Blanco Transform ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| offsets |
segments of the Juan de Fuca Plate
ⓘ
segments of the Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| partOf | plate boundary system of the northeast Pacific ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryBetween |
Juan de Fuca Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| relativePlateMotion | right-lateral ⓘ |
| separates |
Juan de Fuca Plate
ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicRegion |
Cascadia
ⓘ
surface form:
Cascadia region
|
| tectonicRole | accommodates differential motion between the Juan de Fuca and Pacific plates ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | plate boundary between the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Pacific Plate ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.